Lithuania will spend €1.1 billion to fortify its border with Russia and Belarus, including to purchase anti-tank mines, the NATO member on the alliance's eastern flank has said.
Lithuania and its fellow Baltic states Latvia and Estonia - all bordering Russia - fear they could be next in Russia's crosshairs were it to win its war against Ukraine.
All three countries have been ramping up their defences since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and boosting their border security measures over what they allege was a Russia-inspired influx of migrants at the border.
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